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New Zealand: prison as default housing and healthcare is justice denied
New Zealand’s prisons hold about 4,500 men and women who have not been convicted of any crime. They are on remand, by law presumed innocent, awaiting trial.
Source: The New Zealand Herald (10/09/2025)